The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-23
Sudden Denth

The many friends Rev. }. = NO
bles made during his short pas'orate
at st. Pduls church las. winter will De-
sorry to hear of his sudden death last
Monday. He had been very well of late
After working in his garden he went
to the village of Atlantic Highlands,
neal his home. Twenty minutes after
leaving home while talking to friend
he dropped dead from paralysis of the
heart. The funeral took place on
Thursday, burial at Atlantic High
land. lie was 80 years old.
Mr.. Mobiles was at one time a very
prominent preacher and temperance
lecturer. He preached on the from
tiers and was formerly an active men,
Der of the Tennessee and New jersey
Conferences. He was worth S2O,0oo
or $50, 200 at one time and stopped
preaching to start a summer resort at
Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth county.
Being unsuccessful in his real estate
speculation his failure deranged ms
mind. lie recovered but was never
so able as before. lie ~ G told us II
any one wished to know his life they
would find it in the book of Jonah as
his was a parallel. The New York
World contained the following 0 II
corning Lin;
''Mr. Mobiles was a Methodist clergy
man, although he had not been regular
ly engaged at his calling for several
years. He was closely identified with
the interests of the Camp-neeting AS
ISOLATION, of Atlantic Highlands. lie
was a mau of wonderful conversations
al abilities and was Il Col. Sellers III the
magnifcence of his financial schemes.
He was generally successful i'll OWN
cling cautious capitalists that the ROAD
to fortune WAS 10y investing in the en-
terprises with which he was connected.
When the Camp-meetihg Association
was apparently Oh its last financial legs
a few years g and the stockholders
were selling out at any sacrifice, Ii De-
came necessary to raise a large sum OF
in a short time to avoid torecios-
ure proceedings. Tie managers issued
bonds and employed MI. Mobiles TO put
them on the market, promising him all
the money he received above a certain
figure, which was placed at a big per-
below the face value OF The
bonds, with the promise that the mon
ry should be turned i'll at a certain
date. Mr.. Mobiles accepted the COM
mission. lie went to the city II talk
ed with wealthy men prominent Ill
Methodist Church circles, and u
them to buy tie bonds at par. After
receiving the money, Nh. Mobiles re-
tanned his percentage, which amounted
TO several thousand dollars, and turned
the remainder over TO the association
three weeks ahead Of the date liked
for the payment of the money.
About three years ago he made a
great sensation by mailing a letter to
the New York Tribune, i'll .which.he
asserted that he intende to freight
his pockets with stones and then com
NIT suicide by jumping from a North
River felry-boat. The letter was PRINT
ed and his friends instituted a search
for him. He VAS found alive, but IN
a halt crazed condition, owing to the
failure of real estate schemes i'll which
he had Invested with only one-tenth
the money necessary to carry them to
a successful conclusion. Attor receiv-
inc uroper medical treatment he recoy-
cred in mind and body and came back
to Atlantic Highlands, where he has
since lived